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Language And Literacy Development
An early childhood professional can support language and literacy development in three ways. First, the professional has to expose the children to the real life vocabulary. Children have to learn and practice the vocabulary they will hear at home. The vocabulary has to increase depending on the students’ age and on how much knowledge they learn every day. Second, children have to create and make their own vocabulary. If they make and create designs with the vocabulary is easier for them to remember it. They might remember the designs and at the same time they might remember the letter or word because they relate them. After they create the vocabulary and the alphabet, they have to hang their creations all over the classroom. Third, the educator
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